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MARIDI - 16 Jan 2019

Armed men kidnap footballer in Maridi state

Armed men have kidnapped a player for Al-Salaam football club in South Sudan’s Maridi state, relatives and police said.

Julie Sabina Mark, a sister, told reporters on Tuesday that James Londo Mark was kidnapped from Malakia residential area at gunpoint at around 11 pm on Sunday.

Londo was the branch manager of Star Network Money transfers.

Sabina further said the kidnappers robbed 238,351 South Sudanese Pounds. Sabina urged the kidnapers to release her brother.

The Maridi county police crime officer, Clement Double Seven said police and security organs in the state are investigating the matter.

“As a government, we are very seriously working so that some teams go and find out if the kidnapped boy is alive or not,” he said.